is a mature seed of Zizyphus jujuba, and its pulp is very sour. Zizyphus jujuba and Cornus officinalis, which are to be learned later, come from three kinds of plants respectively, because Cornus officinalis is also called Zizyphus jujuba peel.
As a sedative, this medicine has a certain nourishing effect on the heart and liver, nourishing the yin and blood of the heart and liver, and has the functions of nourishing the heart and yin and painstaking efforts; It also has the function of nourishing liver yin and liver blood. Therefore, its best application is to treat the deficiency of heart, liver, yin and blood, and the restlessness of the heart. This is a commonly used sedative in traditional Chinese medicine, because it has strong sedative effect and nourishing effect, and treating deficiency syndrome is the main one. Those without yin-blood deficiency can also be used, but the most suitable is the uneasiness of heart, liver and blood deficiency. In the prescriptions for nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, many of them take Ziziphus jujuba seed as the main medicine, such as Zhang Zhongjing's Ziziphus jujuba seed soup, the later Heavenly King Buxin Dan and Yangxin Decoction, etc., all of which are the main medicines for calming the nerves. Ziziphus jujuba seed can improve some functional palpitations, and it is the most important sedative.
This medicine has a little antiperspirant effect, which can be used for spontaneous sweating and night sweats, and it needs to be combined with corresponding drugs, and the best indication is those who are uneasy and sweating.
As for Ziziphus jujuba seeds, I would like to add one point: The ancients thought that Ziziphus jujuba seeds were generally fried to soothe the nerves. If they were used raw, they would wake up and sleep more. In fact, there is no such thing. It may be that the ancients confused the pulp of Zizyphus jujuba with the seed kernel, and raw refers to the pulp, because the pulp is very sour. If you sleep late at night and feel bad during the day, you may suddenly put a very sour thing in your mouth, and your spirit will be better after a nap. Therefore, the ancients said that waking up raw may refer to the pulp, but if it refers to the seed kernel, this record is not reliable. At present, it is considered that Ziziphus jujuba seed is a sedative drug whether it is used raw or fried, but when it is fried, attention should be paid to the heat, and it can only be slightly fried. If the heat is too high, the sedative effect will be obviously reduced or even disappeared, that is, it will be slightly fried until the skin is slightly cracked, and it will be ineffective when it is burnt. This medicine should be broken as much as possible when it is made into decoction, and its outer shell will affect the dissolution of the ingredients inside. If it can be processed into powder and swallowed, 5 ~ 6 grams each time, the effect is better.
It is the same plant as the leaves of Platycladus orientalis. The leaves and twigs of Platycladus orientalis are flat on the same plane, and the twigs and leaves are used as Platycladus orientalis leaves. When its fruit is ripe, it has a hard shell outside. After the hard shell is removed, the seeds inside are arborvitae kernels, like the sunflowers we eat, especially the size of pine nuts, and also have the aroma similar to pine nuts.
Baiziren is also a medicine for nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Generally speaking, it only nourishes the heart and blood, and its effect is weaker than that of Ziziphus jujuba, so it also focuses on treating deficiency syndrome. For example, it is one of the main drugs in Baiziyongxin pills. If it is yin deficiency, it should be combined with yin-tonifying drugs, and if it is heart-qi deficiency, it should be combined with heart-qi-tonifying drugs. Moreover, it is often used with Ziziphus jujuba seeds at the same time, which can enhance the curative effect of each other.
This medicine is also a laxative, which is the same as pine nuts. It has nutritional value and a certain nourishing effect. The best treatment is for people who are both uneasy and constipation. If some people have poor sleep and poor stool, then both effects can be symptomatic, which is the difference between it and Ziziphus jujuba seeds.
Ziziphus jujuba seeds are suitable for patients who are uneasy and have sweating. If deficiency sweating is caused by qi deficiency, it should be combined with qi-invigorating drugs, and if it is caused by yin deficiency, it should be combined with yin-tonifying drugs. Platycladus orientalis is more suitable for people who have poor sleep and constipation due to intestinal dryness. Conversely, Platycladus orientalis is not suitable for people with diarrhea or phlegm-dampness in loose stool. What should we do at this time? Just remove some of its fat oil and call it Baiziren Cream. There are two ways to prepare the frost. One way is to spread a thick oil-absorbing paper on the bottom, sprinkle the arborvitae seeds evenly on it, then add paper on it, press it on it with a heavy board, or beat it to make it muddy, and then absorb the oil; Another method is to grind or pound the semen Platycladi to make it muddy, then spread it on oil-absorbing paper, and then press it, so that the paper can absorb its oil as much as possible, and the rest is called semen Platycladi cream. In this way, it won't be slippery. Now, the ingredient of studying the calming of Semen Platycladi is not its fatty oil, and squeezing out the oil will not affect its calming effect. Therefore, patients with loose stool or heavy phlegm and dampness, it is best to use the medicinal materials after frosting.
As a laxative, Semen Platycladi is mainly used to treat constipation due to intestinal dryness. It should be said that it is a better laxative because it is nourishing and safe, and it is also suitable for making pill powder. At this time, frost cannot be made, and the effect of moistening intestines after frost is reduced.
Platycladus orientalis has a thin hard shell, which can be easily cracked. Among the commercial medicinal materials, some Platycladus orientalis have shells, while others have shells removed. With a shell, its shell has a part of the weight, which affects the weighing and quality of medicinal materials. For example, 1 grams of platycladi seed may have 1-2 grams of shell, and one-tenth of it is not a medicinal part. To affect the accuracy of weighing, it is generally considered that this quality is lower. And if the shell is removed, the weighing is very accurate. However, Platycladus orientalis has removed its shell, which is not easy to preserve and easy to oxidize. There is a term in the industry of traditional Chinese medicine that Platycladus orientalis is easy to remove oil, and some of them are called flooding oil, that is, there is oil leaching on the surface of this seed, and a very oily appearance appears.
We all know that if the hard shell of walnut is not cracked, it may be put into next year this year, and it will still be fresh and taste normal after being cracked. If the walnut kernel is taken out and exposed to the air, it may smell for a week at most, and the oil will seep on the surface, and the oil will be removed or flooded. This is a chemical reaction, which is the rancidity of fatty oil and oxygen, and the fatty oil becomes fatty acid, which affects the quality of medicinal materials, and its efficacy is not good, which will have adverse effects on the human body. Therefore, the seed kernel in the shell of Platycladus orientalis is still fresh after being knocked open for a year and a half. For this medicinal material, the dosage can be increased a little, for example, 12 grams should be used, and it can be mashed when it is used, so as to ensure its quality and dosage.